Want bigger TV, only got small alcoves.....

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Is there any way I can feasibly buy a bigger TV and have it fit in the alcove below without it looking stupid/too big??

I know the pic is dire but its the only thing I had on my Google photos to give an idea of the space.

Current TV is a 32 incher and we have it on an angle as shown in the pic but i was thinking would I be able to get something bigger if we mounted it on a bracket in the alcove which then let us pull the TV out a bit as we are limited by the space on top of the units for it to stand on.

Would the chimney breast end up blocking part of the screen thus making it a pointless endeavour? Or would it just stick out too far and look stupid? Am I destined to wallow in 32 inches of pathetic glory?!

 

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Sorry. Log burner going in the fireplace by the end of the year and I simply hate it when people have their TV's mounted above fireplaces.

Will try and get a better picture of the room now so you've got an idea of what its like.

 

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Here we go. Again, apologies for the quality of the camera, phone has a **** one!

Rest of the room for layout.

 

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Interested in this too. Have the same issue.

I'd suggest buying a better camera phone before getting a new TV though Rossi

Had to dig my old Moto G out as my Xperia Z1 Compact broke!

 

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Don't really want to move the sofas around really.

I was just wondering if there was any way of getting a bigger TV whilst still utilising the alcove.

 

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Yeh room is open plan so no other wall to use.

I think i'm going to just have to see if I can source a bigger TV and offer it up to the alcove in different positions to see how it would look on an arm.

If that doesn't result in anything fruitful i'm doomed to a life of 32" sadness!

 

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It is aesthetics really why I don't like TV's mounted on chimney breasts above a fire place.

Its not actually next to a door way either. That is where the old wall was in the front room before it was made open plan so behind it is another alcove which is part of the dining room so it wouldn't actually stick out too far I don't think and very little risk of it being knocked (I think).

I think getting some cardboard and cutting it the size of a 40-42" screen and seeing whats it like in various positions.

Here's a couple more angles to give you an idea of the space around it and where the alcove is situated in terms of the rest of the room....

 

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I'd be inclined to mount it on a swing arm and have it outside alcoves ever so slightly - a thin tv won't stick out too much at all so you shouldn't walk into it?

Horribly lazy image editing


edit - damn it, wot joelk2 said (maybe without mounting a portable sun under it though, the fusion is a pita to get out the carpet)

Yeh I could do that as your pic shows but just wondering for someone sat in the seat by the window how much would be blocked behind the chimney breast?

I'll have to have a looky and a play around with cardboard!

 

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What is that small wall for, left of the TV? Structural?

Yep. There is a steel running across there as it is where a wall used to be.